Flying Above Storm Clouds

27/08/2024

Some food for thought...

Modern leadership demands a profound understanding of human emotions and the capacity to empathize with others.

26/08/2024

These are, unfortunately, very common habits of "so called leaders" and begs the question of whether these individuals were fit for a position of leadership to begin with. If they were not, what was being done to get them ready for that position? Were competency assessments conducted? What role did mentoring and coaching play in preparing these individuals?

However, I am thankful that throughout my career and leadership journey, I was blessed with great leaders and mentors who not only shaped my professional growth but positively impacted me at a personal level too. There are many but allow me to give a shout out to a few in particular: Ku Yang Pay, Timothy Tan, Adele Chow, Dato' Peter Ng, Kit Chin, Dr KY Woo, the late Prof. Dr. Norfadzillah Hitam and YM Datuk Dr Tengku Naufal.

It is my hope that the pictorial article (for lack of a better term) below, will serve as a guide for aspiring leaders of habits to AVOID.



​8 habits of a poor leader at the workplace | Times of India

Poor leadership can negatively impact team morale and productivity. Here are eight common habits that often show ineffective leadership and limit success.

14/08/2021

Many of us have been working from home for a while now, so how has it been for you?

Stay tuned with us for the next postings…

31/08/2020

Happy 63rd Independence Day. Malaysia!

18/08/2020

Today's traditions were yesterday's innovations. They are the legacies left by the legends who preceded us. If we are to leave legacies for those who are coming after us, we need to innovate continuously.

11/08/2020

It is precisely in times like these that entrepreneurs need to step up their efforts in innovation to remain relevant and stay one step ahead of the competition.

If you choose to do nothing about it, you are in danger of regressing and eventually, you will become redundant because the competition is already forging ahead without you whether you like it or not.

03/08/2020

This is the first forum in the MCO period to help fellow entrpreneurs weather the storm. Special thanks to David Jackson, GM of KZ1 Malaysia, for joining us as a panelist, and for his wonderful insights.

Stay tuned for more to come.

16/06/2020

Positive Attitude is one of the core values in business and let me tell you it’s not always as easy as it sounds, to have a positive attitude.

Positive attitude was discovered to be one of the top two characteristics of a great networker.

Come on think about it when people talk about what it takes to be a great networker, they don’t usually talk about this, but they should.

The first thing people see from you is your attitude, how you take things in general.

A consistently negative attitude makes people dislike you and drives away referrals or new business opportunities.

A positive attitude makes people want to associate and cooperate with you. Positive business professionals are like magnets. Others want to be around them and will send their friends family and associates to them.

Think about it: Have you ever worked in an office where someone left or got fired and the entire attitude of the department Improved. I don’t know about you but I surely have seen similar things happen in a business group. For instance, when someone left the group and suddenly the synergy changed. It has become more fun, happier and generating more businesses.

Ignorance on fire is better than knowledge on ice. Find people with a positive attitude who are on fire and they will make fantastic business associates.

Remember, you become a lot like the people you hang out with. Hang out with positive people. Choose the right company and you will change your life for better.

The longer we live the more we realise the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts, it is more important than the past, than education, than circumstance’s, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, skill or where you come from.

We cannot change the past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is, our attitude.

I am convinced that life is 10% on what happens to me and 90% on how I respond to it, and so it is, with you and me, we are in charge of our attitudes, which is one of the important core values in business.

Credit to Ivan Misner for the great inspiration on positive attitudes in business.

18/05/2020

Who says you can't pamper yourself during the MCO? Angie Ng Ying Ping of Angie Jewels & Co talks to the FASC Team about the handmade jewellery business during the MCO.

15/05/2020

Donovan Chan of Manoah Consulting Sdn. Bhd. talks to the FASC Team on why the MCO is the best time to do Digital Marketing.

13/05/2020

From physical one-on-one lessons to WhatsApp lessons to Zoom online lessons... whatever it maybe, this amiable but strict piano teacher expects all her students to be diligent in practicing the piano. Come and listen to what Nichole Lim Poey Chin has to say about piano lessons and the MCO.

11/05/2020

Who says we cannot provide entertainment during the MCO? Marcus Tan, Founder of MDT Music Enterprise, talks to the FASC Team on his business and how he is coping during the MCO.